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Space travel
Time
Observations
Calendars
Satellites
100
Alan Shepherd
Who was the first American to travel into space?
100
the time based on the average year round length of the apparent solar day
What is mean solar time?
100
the instrument that collects radio waves from space
What is the radio telescope?
100
the calendar we use today
What is the Gregorian calendar?
100
rescue satellites
What is the type of satellite that can pinpoint distress signals?
200
Neil Armstrong
Who is the first man to step foot on the moon?
200
the time based on the stars
What is sidereal time?
200
the telescope that uses a system of lenses and mirrors to produce an image
What is the reflecting telescope?
200
the time it takes the earth to rotate once around its axis
What is our day based on?
200
The type of satellite that sends telescopes into space to observe distant planets and stars
What is the astronomical satellite?
300
John Glenn
Who was the first American to orbit the earth?
300
the time based on the sun?
What is apparent solar time?
300
the instrument that uses a system of lenses to produce an image
What is the refracting telescope?
300
the time it takes the earth to revolve around the sun
What is our year based upon?
300
the type of satellite that can track storms and measure cloud and ground temperatures
What is the weather satellite?
400
the method of space travel that has an orbiter, external liquid fuel tank, and two solid fuel rocket boosters
What is the space shuttle?
400
the two points at which the sun crosses over the celestial equator
What are the vernal and autumnal equinoxes?
400
a device that splits light into a spectrum for analysis
What is the spectroscope?
400
the phases of the moon
What is our month based upon?
400
the type of satellite that helps us pinpoint our location or destination using GPS
What is the navigational satellite?
500
the name of the space program that put a man on the moon
What is Apollo?
500
the two points on the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest from the celestial equator
What are the summer and winter solstices?
500
rotating stars that produce rapid bursts of radio waves
What are pulsars?
500
the seven days of creation
What is our 7 day week based upon?
500
the type of satellite that can track fish migrations, spot forest fires, make maps, survey damage wrought by storms, and forecast crop production
What is the earth resources satellite?